Tale of the Tait

http://www2.kusports.com/users/photos/2017/mar/28/315854/ There are plenty of questions about the immediate future for Kansas basketball worth examining, but by far one of the biggest — and most important — has to do with who will play point guard for the Jayhawks during the 2017-18 season. While there are options out there, from ...

http://www2.kusports.com/photos/2017/mar/23/315700/ Whether it wraps up on a win or a loss, the end of any Kansas basketball season brings with it immediate questions about the future. Who’s coming back? Who’s going pro? What does next year’s rotation look like? How many days until Late Night? It’s an age old ritual ...

http://www2.kusports.com/photos/2017/feb/27/314872/ One of the things that made [Saturday's Elite Eight loss to Oregon in Kansas City, Mo.,][1] so tough for so many Jayhawks to swallow was the fact that none of them wanted seniors Landen Lucas, Frank Mason III and Tyler Self to end on anything other than a victory. ...

http://www2.kusports.com/photos/galleries/2017/mar/25/kansas-basketball-v-oregon-elite-eight/120794/ Quick grades for five aspects of KU’s season-ending, 74-60, Elite Eight loss to Oregon at Sprint Center on Saturday night. Offense: D ---------- By far KU’s worst grade of the season in this category on a night when the Jayhawks flat-out could not hit anything. KU finished 21-of-60 for ...

http://www2.kusports.com/photos/galleries/2017/mar/24/kansas-and-oregon-players-and-coaches-press-confer/120762/ **Kansas City, Mo. —** Oregon coach Dana Altman, who spent three seasons at Kansas State as an assistant under Lon Kruger and, a few years later, returned to Manhattan to lead the Wildcats’ program for four seasons, has had enough experience with Kansas basketball to last a few lifetimes. ...

http://www2.kusports.com/photos/galleries/2017/mar/24/kansas-and-oregon-players-and-coaches-press-confer/120761/ **Kansas City, Mo. —** By now, everybody knows that both coaches, several players on each side and most of the people paying attention to this game in any way, shape or form believe that Kansas and Oregon are pretty similar teams that play very similar styles. And while things ...

http://www2.kusports.com/photos/2017/mar/23/315678/ Kansas City, Mo. — With just one day between monster games in the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight, the Kansas men’s basketball team has its work cut out for it in preparing for Saturday’s 7:49 p.m. tip-off against third-seeded Oregon with a trip to the Final Four on the ...

http://www2.kusports.com/photos/galleries/2017/mar/23/kansas-basketball-v-purdue-sweet-sixteen/120754/ Quick grades for five aspects of KU’s 98-66, Sweet 16 victory over Purdue. **Note:** *I tried not to grade this game in the context of it being a packaged deal with the two that came before it, but it was awfully tough to do.* Offense: A+ ----------- Unless you’re ...

http://www2.kusports.com/photos/galleries/2017/mar/22/kansas-and-purdue-ncaa-practices-and-press-confere/120710/ Kansas coach Bill Self was asked on Wednesday if Purdue’s second-round victory over Iowa State, winner of this season’s Big 12 tournament and the only team to knock off Kansas at home in the past three years, got his attention. Purdue coach Matt Painter was asked a similar question ...

http://www2.kusports.com/photos/galleries/2017/mar/22/kansas-and-purdue-ncaa-practices-and-press-confere/120698/ On the surface, today’s match-up between top-seeded Kansas (30-4) and No. 4 seed Purdue (27-7) in the Midwest Regional semifinals at Kansas City’s Sprint Center seems like a clash between two completely different teams. On paper, however, these two teams appear much more similar than many are saying. From ...

http://www2.kusports.com/users/photos/2018/jan/31/322820/ As the calendar gets set to flip to February and the recruiting wars for college basketball's 2018 talent start to taper off, all eyes are on Romeo Langford, the top remaining uncommitted player in the 2018 class. There are other prospects still searching for the right fit, of course. ...